Question 39
NECO
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2025
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LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH
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objective
Two excerpts from a novel are given. Excerpt A: ‘The house lay in ruins, the sky a relentless gray, and every breath felt like a gasp of ash.' Excerpt B: ‘At dawn, the first light painted the walls gold, and hope fluttered like a sparrow in his chest.' Analyse how the author shifts the mood from despair to hope, naming the literary devices employed, and state which device most effectively creates the hopeful mood.
Answer Options
A.
The author transitions from dark diction and ash imagery to hopeful diction and golden light, using diction contrast, visual imagery, symbolism and alliteration; the alliteration is the most effective device for creating hope.
B.
The author changes from gloomy diction and decay imagery to optimistic diction and dawn imagery, employing diction contrast, tactile imagery, symbolism and metaphor; the visual imagery of the golden walls is the most effective device for creating hope.
C.
The author shifts from somber diction and ruin imagery to bright diction and sunrise imagery, employing diction contrast, auditory imagery, symbolism and simile; the metaphor of the sparrow is the most effective device for creating hope.
Correct Answer
D.
The author moves from bleak diction and decay imagery to uplifting diction and light imagery, using diction contrast, visual imagery, symbolism and metaphor; the sunrise symbolism is the most effective device for creating hope.
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
The author moves from bleak diction and decay imagery to uplifting diction and light imagery, using diction contrast, visual imagery, symbolism and metaphor; the sunrise symbolism is the most effective device for creating hope.
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2025
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